FWIW, Safari on iOS doesn't allow autoplay or preload, and also only initiates play/load on a user-triggered event (so, pages can't use JS to fake a click).
The reason given in the docs[1] is that users might be charged for that bandwidth. Cheers, Jared [1] https://developer.apple.com/library/safari/documentation/audiovideo/conceptual/using_html5_audio_video/device-specificconsiderations/device-specificconsiderations.html On Aug 22, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Hubert Figuière <h...@mozilla.com> wrote: > On 21/08/14 01:29 PM, Wesley Johnston wrote: >> Summary: We've had some complaints at times about videos autoplaying on >> mobile devices when sites request autoplay. > > Just on mobile? > > I filed this a while ago. > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=980939 > > It doesn't seem to have gained traction until I saw this. > > Autoplay is annoying > Autoplay waste bandwidth, whether mobile or wifi. In some case it is > more serious than other. > Autoplay disturb people. > > Since it is possible it gets abused. > > Etc. > > Hub > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
